पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 3, 485 BCE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.13 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।
"15.13 1 enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams I nourish the plants." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -427
Śaka Saṁvat: -562
Bengali Saṁvat: -1077
Malayalam Era: -1308
Nanakshahi: -1953
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya139.92°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra176.39°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.75°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha165.68°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati236.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra185.61°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani278.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

☀️ Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:18 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:44 – 10:24
Yamaganda13:44 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla05:25 – 07:05
Varjyam05:58 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:25 – 07:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:05 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:44 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:24 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:44 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:44 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 17:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:03 – 18:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:43 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:03 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:44 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:24 – 02:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:44 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:05 – 05:25 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°
Longitude: 82.9739°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year2618 · Kali-2618
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)956026.27 · 2617.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1544491.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-10.8384° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (-10.8384°) · declination 17.98° · EoT -5.88 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:-0484-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)